When I was a kid, I used to hear a common saying, and it was "don't believe everything you hear or read".
I want to know if this is the same thought today.
It seems that everyone takes the stories (with or without the spin) of the media as golden truth (or as some say "the gospel truth"). I would suspect that this is true, as many people don't attempt to seek out the truth, and accept everything printed, published or posted - especially when it's about certain politicians.
What is odd, is this seems to be the case, even when the facts or the truth are later brought out, and correcting or defeating the initial story. It seems that the initial story, even when proven wrong, is the story that many believe and insist on holding as the truth.
So do you think the public believes everything the media says? and do you think that the media is more prone to truth or propaganda? Or is it simply that the people want to believe what the media is saying, even if it's not the truth?
2007-01-03
12:27:28
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John D
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